My trial lesson

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

When do we use the Past Simple?

1. talking about something that has happened in the past
2. talking about an action that started in the past and is still happening
3. something that happens in the future
4. when something is happening now

When do we use continuous tenses?

1. Facts
2. things in the future
3. Actions happening at a specific time in the past/present
4. Habits

When do we use the Past Perfect?

1. when a person is doing something in the past
2. when a sentence is written well
3. we use the past perfect to talk about something that happened before another action in the past, which is usually expressed by the past simple.
4. habits

What do you do with the word study in the past simple?

How do you form the Past perfect?

what words show the past simple?

fill in the past simple
Helen .................(go) shopping yesterday

1. goes
2. went
3. gone
4. been

Fill in the past continuous
John ...............(sing) at the party yesterday evening

1. was singing
2. were singing
3. singing
4. can singing

Fill in the past perfect
Before he went out, Fred ...................(eat)

1. ate
2. had eaten
3. was eating
4. eaten

fill in the correct tense
Stewart ..........................( speak) to his wife before he left the office.

1. speaks
2. is speaking
3. spoke
4. speaked

what is the opposite of polite?

what is the opposite of sociable?

What is the opposite of respectful?

What is the opposite of helpful?

what is the Dutch word for fluent?

what is the Dutch for the word rude?

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